How to Make a Photo Book: Your Ultimate Planning Guide Premium
Share your family history! Here's the ultimate how-to plan for making a photo book: image qualities to consider, elements to include and a making a page plan.
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Rules for Identifying Photographs: Create a Timeline
This week, our Photo Detective Maureen A. Taylor is back with another rule to remember when identifying your mystery family photos.
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Rules for Identifying Photographs: Study the Photo First
Maureen A. Taylor has a new uniform mystery to work through, and she's letting us in on the steps of her investigation. Who could this gentleman be? See if you can help us work through the clues.
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Uniform Discoveries, Part 4
In the fourth part of this series on a mysterious uniform, Photo Detective Maureen A. Taylor follows a lead that answers what organization the man in the photograph belonged to.
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How to Edit and Digitize Old Photos in 5 Steps
Breathe new life into your old family photos with these five tips for editing your digitized family photos.
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Old Thanksgiving Photos: Best of Photo Detective
Let's look at how our ancestors celebrated Thanksgiving, with this Best of Photo Detective collection of old Thanksgiving photos.
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Solving the Uniform Mystery, Part 2
The uniform worn in this photo still has us stumped. This week, Photo Detective Maureen A. Taylor heads to Pinterest to gather more clues!
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Uniform Confusion: Readers Offer Suggestions, Part 1
In a recent blog post, Photo Detective Maureen A. Taylor asked for your help identifying the type of uniform worn in this picture. Now, she's back on the case with more clues!
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A Family in Three Photos
Dana Tipton submitted these three photographs from her family collection. Can our Photo Detective solve this family mystery in three photos?
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What is it? Charcoal Portraits
Charcoal portraits are artistically enhanced photograph using charcoal, ink, or pastels that were popular in the 1800’s. Here's a quick history of the portraits, and what clues you can gather from them.
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Uncovering the Stories Behind Antique Store Photo Finds Premium
When a contributor sent us five photos they found together at an antiques store, we challenged you to help us identify them. Find out how clues in antique-store photo finds, plus research in old records, added up to family stories.
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What is it? A Carte des Visite
Cartes des visite were the most popular photographic formats in the nineteenth century. Here's a quick history of the cards, and what clues you can gather from them.
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